I’m not sure when it happens, but at a certain age/point in your life you reflect on the choices you’ve made, where you’ve ended up and how you’ve gotten there. I imagine I can’t be alone where there is a single choice, a yes or… Read More »A Defining Moment
More than a year ago I had shoulder surgery to repair my left rotator cuff. Six weeks ago, I had the same operation on my right. The first question people always ask is, “why, what did you do to it?” or “what, happened?” I didn’t… Read More »Shoulder Surgery, Again
The deadline to accept graduate school admission was April 15th. Two weeks before that, I decided I was going to go to Virginia Tech to study for a master’s in architecture. However, I also decided to set that as a personal deadline to find an… Read More »Finding a Graduate School Apartment
After almost a year long application process of researching schools, creating my portfolio, studying for the GRE, writing essays, applying and waiting to hear from the Universities, it’s finally over. I’ve decided that I’m going to attend Virginia Tech in the Fall. In the end,… Read More »Deciding on a Graduate School
It’s been over a year since I’ve had alcohol. The last drink I had was when I was in the Philippines at the end of February in 2020. I didn’t set out to go a year without alcohol, I had a bottle of whiskey and… Read More »A Year Without Alcohol
When I decided to come home, I knew I would have to take Calculus and Physics at the local community college. Almost every grad program listed the two classes as prerequisites, and it’s possible that if you didn’t have them completed by the time of… Read More »Back to School, Kinda…
When I first arrived to Korea I wrote a blog post about “culture shock,” and everything that was different than what I was used to. The process of returning back is referred to as “reverse culture shock” or, the feeling (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.)… Read More »Reverse Culture Shock: Coming back to the U.S.
On Monday, December 21st, I came home for the foreseeable future. Other than my sisters, nobody in my family had any idea. I told them that the earliest I would be home was in February, but that was only if I couldn’t travel. Initially, that’s… Read More »Surprise…I’m Home
On Wednesday morning (12/4) I woke up to a picture sent by my family with Pal on a scale with the message, “what is wrong with my baby” 7,000 miles away I didn’t know anything had been wrong. Just last Thursday on thanksgiving when I… Read More »R.I.P Pal
There’s nothing like being home, sleeping in your bed and spending time with family and friends you’ve known your whole life. Luckily I still have these to come home to, that my parents haven’t moved (I hope they never do) and most of my friends… Read More »24 Days and Too Much to Do!